Into The Woods Book Vs Movie

The movie version of Into the Woods is better than the the on stage version, which had come years earlier. The movie version of Into the Woods is better than the stage version because the plot is more fluid and thorough, the acting narration is more efficient and logical, and the movie is more aesthetically pleasing. The plot, while similar to the stage production, is superior in the movie. The plot has more intricate detail and removes the unnecessary things from the play. In the movie, there is a flashback scene that details how the witch got the beans stolen by the baker’s dad, and the witch losing her youth, leading her to curse the baker’s family. This is important because it essentially shows how the plot got going in the first place,

In the stage version a man in the suit is the narrator, he addresses the audience directly, and gets killed half-way through the second act. In the movie, the narrator is the protagonist, which is the baker played by James Corden, and he is telling the story to his son right when the story ends, making the movie seem like a loop. The movie narration is better because it’s the main character telling the story through what he experienced, and he is explaining the story to his son at the end of the movie, which completely ties the story together at the end. Having the main character tell the story makes the movie a first-person experience rather than the third-person of the play. Others will argue that the stage narration is better because it doesn’t have the loop of the narration retelling the story at the end, and the narration better explains the story. However, the characters directly addressing the narrator and having him be killed by the giant is not only an odd distraction from the plot, it also removes all narration from the rest of the play, and each character’s story goes crazy from then on as if the narrator controls the plot. Having the fourth wall being broke is a total distraction, and makes the story seem more illegitimate. Also, with the narrator’s death, the plot started to implode and change oddly without any narration to account for it. In the movie, there

CGI was used often in the movie along with more vibrant colors. The stage production was more simple and used props and special effects. One of the examples of the movie being superior is the cow named Milky White. In the stage version, a completely uncolored cow statue is dragged along from location to location. In the movie there is a CGI cow that is extremely realistic in not only appearance but in movement. People will argue that it can’t be done to bring a live animal for play purposes. However, it can be done, and it has been done many times. Having a completely motionless cow statue is lazy and unappealing. Having the CGI cow made the movie seem so much more real. Also, it made the scene where the cow dies a lot easier to look at in the movie compared to just tipping over the statue in the play. Another example is the scene where the witch dies. After a song performance of “It is the Last Midnight”, the witch fades into the ground among a flurry of spells and dirt. There is color, movement, and chaos everywhere as the witch buries into a portal. In the stage production, after the song, the witch seems to go under through a trap door. The movie scene is a lot more logical and much easier on the eye. In the movie, the colors and the transition between them are a lot stronger. At night, virtually everything within the scene is dark and quiet. During the the day, the